Pelvic Radiation with Concurrent Chemotherapy Compared with Pelvic and Para-Aortic Radiation for High-Risk Cervical Cancer

Morris, Mitchell; J. Eifel, Patricia; Lu, Jiandong; W. Grigsby, Perry; Levenback, Charles; E. Stevens, Randy; Rotman, Marvin; M. Gershenson, David; G. Mutch, David

doi:10.1056/nejm199904153401501

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Pelvic Radiation with Concurrent Chemotherapy Compared with Pelvic and Para-Aortic Radiation for High-Risk Cervical Cancer

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 15, 1999

Authors:

Mitchell Morris

Patricia J. Eifel

Jiandong Lu

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: We compared the effect of radiotherapy to a pelvic and para-aortic field with that of pelvic radiation and concurrent chemotherapy with fluorouracil and cisplatin in women with advanced cervical cancer. Between 1990 and 1997, 403 women with advanced cervical cancer confined t...

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Medicine

Radiation therapy

Cervical cancer

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